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<A NAME="TI13"></A><A NAME="TI14"></A><h1>About This Book</h1>
<A NAME="TI15"></A><h4>Audience  </h4>
<A NAME="TI16"></A><p>This book is
for anyone who builds applications with PowerBuilder<ABBR title = "registered trademark" >&#174;</ABBR>. It assumes
that:<A NAME="TI17"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>You are familiar with user interface
guidelines. If not, consult a book that covers user interface conventions.</li>
<li class=ds>You have a basic familiarity with <ACRONYM title = "sequel" >SQL</ACRONYM>. If not, consult a book that describes <ACRONYM title = "sequel" >SQL</ACRONYM> statements.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<A NAME="TI18"></A><h4>How to use this book</h4>
<A NAME="TI19"></A><p>This book describes the PowerBuilder development environment.
It shows you how to use PowerBuilder user interface tools to build
the objects you need, including windows, menus, DataWindow<ABBR title = "registered trademark" >&#174;</ABBR> objects, and user-defined
objects, to create client/server and multitier applications.</p>
<A NAME="TI20"></A><h4>Related documents</h4>
<A NAME="TI21"></A><p><i>Application Techniques</i>
 presents information
about programming techniques and building multitier applications. </p>
<A NAME="TI22"></A><p><i>Deploying Applications and Components to .NET</i>
 explains
how to build applications in PowerBuilder and deploy them as .NET
Windows Forms or ASP.NET applications. It also describes how to
deploy custom class user objects as .NET assemblies and Web services.</p>
<A NAME="TI23"></A><p>The <i>DataWindow Programmers Guide</i>
 explains
how to use DataWindow objects in different environments and presents
programming techniques related to DataWindows.</p>
<A NAME="TI24"></A><p>For a description of all the books in the PowerBuilder documentation
set, see the preface of the PowerBuilder <i>Getting Started</i>
 manual.</p>
<A NAME="CHDIBGDF"></A><h4>Other sources of information</h4>
<A NAME="TI25"></A><p>Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks CD, and the
Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product: <A NAME="TI26"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins
and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other
documents or updated information not included on the SyBooks CD.
It is included with your software. To read or print documents on
the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you
can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided
on the CD.</li>
<li class=ds>The SyBooks CD contains product manuals and is included
with your software. The Eclipse-based SyBooks browser allows you
to access the manuals in an easy-to-use, HTML-based format.<br>
Some documentation may be provided in PDF format, which you
can access through the PDF directory on the SyBooks CD. To read
or print the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.<br><br>
Refer to the <i>SyBooks Installation Guide</i>
 on
the Getting Started CD, or the <i>README.txt</i> file
on the SyBooks CD for instructions on installing and starting SyBooks.<br></li>
<li class=ds>The Sybase Product Manuals Web site is an online
version of the SyBooks CD that you can access using a standard Web
browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to
EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management,
Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.<br>
To access the Sybase Product Manuals Web site, go to <A HREF="http://www.sybase.com/support/manuals/">Product Manuals</A>
.<br>
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<A NAME="TI27"></A><h4>Conventions</h4>
<A NAME="TI28"></A><p>The formatting conventions used in this manual are:</p>
<A NAME="TI29"></A><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 border=1 frame="void" rules="all"><tr><th  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI30"></A>Formatting example</th>
<th  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI31"></A>Indicates</th>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI32"></A><b>Retrieve</b> and <b>Update</b></td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI33"></A>When used in descriptive text, <b>this
font</b> indicates:<A NAME="TI34"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>Command, function,
and method names</li>
<li class=ds>Keywords such as <b>true</b>, <b>false</b>,
and <b>null</b>
</li>
</ul>
<A NAME="TI35"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>Datatypes such as <b>integer</b> and <b>char</b></li>
<li class=ds>Database column names such as <b>emp_id</b> and <b>f_name</b></li>
<li class=ds>User-defined objects such as <b>dw_emp</b> or <b>w_main</b>
</li>
</ul>

                        </td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI36"></A><i>variable</i> or <i>file
name</i></td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI37"></A>When used in descriptive text and syntax descriptions,
oblique font indicates:<A NAME="TI38"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>Variables, such as <i>myCounter</i></li>
<li class=ds>Parts of input text that must be substituted, such as <i>pblname</i>.<FONT FACE="Courier New">pbd</FONT></li>
<li class=ds>File and path names
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI39"></A>File&gt;Save</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI40"></A>Menu names and menu items are displayed
in plain text. The greater than symbol (&gt;) shows you how to
navigate menu selections. For example, File&gt;Save indicates "select
Save from the File menu."</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI41"></A><FONT FACE="Courier New">dw_1.Update()</FONT></td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI42"></A>Monospace font indicates:<A NAME="TI43"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>Information that you enter in a dialog box or on a command
line</li>
<li class=ds>Sample script fragments</li>
<li class=ds>Sample output fragments
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<A NAME="TI44"></A><h4>If you need help</h4>
<A NAME="TI45"></A><p>Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract
has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact
Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using
the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact
Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.</p>

